I’m going to Cavalia in ATL!!!

Posted on December 1, 2009

I’m not really sure when it started, but horses have always been on my mind. I begged and begged my parents for a horse. We lived on 5 acres….horses live on 5 acres…. we should have a horse, right? I mean, why not? They eat grass. My dad wouldn’t have to mow… free fertilizer, it really seems like a win/win for everyone. I guess it was in a way–but not in a way that anyone was expecting.

It’s not like I woke up one day and decided I was going to ride horses, they have been part of me for as long as I can remember. I don’t know why. No one in my family rode, I didn’t have any friends with horses, I just knew I needed to be around them. Learning how to ride has given me more than I can express in written words: I blossomed into a confident, compassionate, tough, organized, calm, creative, reflective, thoughtful, crazy horse person.

Horses brought me more confidence than anything I have ever know. And for this, I will forever be grateful.

Thankfully, I have the amazing opportunity to see the show Cavalia in Atlanta around Christmas time with my husband and family. It is a tremendous gift to see these amazing athletes–horses and riders.

Here are a few pics of me from the EARLY years: